What is a likely implication of the NSSRN being discontinued in 2010?

What is a likely implication of the NSSRN being discontinued in 2010?

• A. Data on nursing workforce demographics ceased to be collected by NSSRN
• B. Data collection stopped entirely
• C. NSSRN was replaced by a different survey in the same year
• D. There was no impact on data collection

Answer: (A)

Discontinuing a survey ends the data collection activity for that specific instrument. The NSSRN was used to gather information about nursing workforce demographics. When it was discontinued in 2010, the NSSRN would no longer collect or provide that demographic data. It doesn’t automatically mean all data collection stops everywhere, because other sources could still collect related information, but the NSSRN’s own demographic data would no longer be produced. There wasn’t necessarily an immediate replacement in that same year, and saying there’s no impact would ignore the loss of this primary data source from NSSRN.